title: Aortic valvoplasty for traumatic aortic insufficiency: a 2-year follow-up.
abstract: A 23-year-old man sustained acute rupture of an aortic valve cusp in a motorcycle accident. We repaired the valve using an autologous pericardial patch. A 2-year follow-up two-dimensional echocardiogram and Doppler study show completely normal appearance and function.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ovil
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wahi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D012421:Rupture; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating